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DonateB. Only souls of the Jewish people, and not angels, can manage to be in a body:
The Angels derive from the aspect of G-d’s speech, in contrast to the Jewish soul which derives from the aspect of G-d’s thought. For this reason, angels are not capable of being invested within physical bodies below in this world, and still maintain a service of G-d. Indeed, the Angels once complained and prosecuted against the Jewish souls below with the claim that they would do a better job in serving G-d. To test them, and prove them wrong, G-d descended two of these angels into physical bodies below, and they transgressed much more than the Jewish souls in quality and quantity.[1] The reason for this is because the soul, being that it comes from G-d’s thought, at least remembers G-d even after its descent below, in contrast to angels who derive from the speech of G-d.
[1] See Yalkut Shimoni Bereishis Remez 44 regarding Uziel and Samael Torah Or p. 76a-b
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